alpha diversity
Ecology
noun
The number of different species (especially of animals and plants) occurring in a particular area or ecosystem, used as a measure of biodiversity.
Origin
1960s.
- Gravettian
- graveyard
- graveyard shift
- gravid
- gravimeter
- gravimetric
- gravimetry
- graving dock
- gravitas
- gravitate
- gravitation
- gravitational
- gravitational constant
- gravitational field
- gravitational lens
- gravitationally
- gravitino
- graviton
- gravity
- gravity-fed
- gravity feed
- gravity wave
- gravlax
- gravure
- gravy